Result of AGM

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Johnson Matthey Plc announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting, with strong support for the company's accounts, directors' remuneration report and policy, and the proposed final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share. The re-election of directors Liam Condon, Alastair Judge, Richard Pike, and Sinead Lynch received over 97% of votes cast, while Andrew Cosslett's election as director also passed with 96.98% of votes. The reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and the authorization for political donations and share allotments were also approved, though resolutions concerning the disapplication of pre-emption rights saw lower, albeit still majority, support.

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Johnson Matthey PLC
16 July 2026
 

16 July 2026

 

Johnson Matthey Plc

(the Company)


Result of Annual General Meeting

 

 

The Company announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.

Resolution

For

% For*

Against

% Against*

Votes Total

% of Issued Share Capital

Votes Withheld**

1.         To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31  March 2026.

127,347,237

99.99

7,163

0.01

127,354,400

75.78

569,312

2.         To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31  March 2026.

126,711,693

99.53

597,294

0.47

127,308,987

75.75

614,725

3.         To approve the directors' remuneration policy

127,244,461

99.63

477,747

0.37

127,722,208

76.00

201,504

4.         To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.

127,696,571

99.97

38,300

0.03

127,734,871

76.01

188,841

5.         To elect Andrew Cosslett as a director of the company.

123,857,494

96.98

3,855,430

3.02

127,712,924

75.99

210,788

6.         To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.

127,636,470

99.94

80,630

0.06

127,717,100

76.00

206,612

7.         To elect Alastair Judge as a director of the company.

127,544,122

99.86

176,444

0.14

127,720,566

76.00

203,146

8.         To re-elect Richard Pike as a director of the company

127,631,321

99.94

80,659

0.06

127,711,980

75.99

211,732

9.         To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.

124,398,542

97.41

3,313,412

2.59

127,711,954

75.99

211,758

10.      To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.

123,983,432

97.08

3,728,325

2.92

127,711,757

75.99

211,955

11.      To re-elect Sinead Lynch as a director of the company.

124,295,522

97.34

3,399,422

2.66

127,694,944

75.98

228,768

12.      To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.

124,375,205

97.39

3,338,813

2.61

127,714,018

76.00

209,694

13.      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.

127,676,633

99.96

53,875

0.04

127,730,508

76.00

193,204

14.      To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

127,479,588

99.80

250,685

0.20

127,730,273

76.00

193,439

15.      To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.

127,524,804

99.87

168,521

0.13

127,693,325

75.98

230,387

16.      To authorise the directors to allot shares.

123,063,346

96.35

4,668,024

3.65

127,731,370

76.01

192,342

17.      To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***

119,251,620

93.38

8,451,759

6.62

127,703,379

75.99

220,333

18.      To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition
or other capital investment.***

117,022,717

91.64

10,680,408

8.36

127,703,125

75.99

220,587

19.      To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***

124,334,196

97.53

3,149,228

2.47

127,483,424

75.86

440,288

20.      To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***

124,612,494

97.56

3,117,403

2.44

127,729,897

76.00

193,815

21.       To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company. ***

127,667,347

99.97

39,084

0.03

127,706,431

75.99

217,281

 

*      Figures shown are percentages of total votes cast excluding votes withheld

**        A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution

***      Special Resolutions

The total number of voting rights was 168,055,752 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

ENDS

 




 

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Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)

Registered Office: 5th Floor, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AD

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